December 2, 2025 • 8 mins
Steve Henderson looks at fire permits and why they are such a crucial tool at this time of year.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about. Who's another left
home who's never struck? Now to Steve Henderson, Varroa joins
us this afternoon on the Muster. Good afternoon, Steve. The Checks.
They were once upon a time the Dixie Checks. But
everybody goes and changes their names like Andy's right, yeah,
(00:21):
all of but PC.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
They still were the Dixie Chicks.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Draft down here, still still good chains that.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, yep, there's toe tapping and.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
D are you seventy?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Sometimes I feel like it.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Down there where you are. Anyway, how's it been.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Bob Blake, We've been pretty good. We've gotta we splash
right and like most other people on Sunday, and yeah,
we're we're probably we haven't had as in early December
or late November like this in a long time. It's
usually by extreme or the other. So yeah, we're still
fled out top and trying to limit the seed head
and we're still getting some pretty your growth rates at
(01:00):
the back of it. So yeah, we're pulled a few
bit of feed out of the shed and obviously no
someplement's gammable petits, So yeah, it's bitually making cheat milk,
which is good for a change.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
So you're actually coping pretty well down there, because depending
on who you speak to them, which you've a part
of Southland, it's a different scenario.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Heah, we are, well, it's all in perspective. We've only
pulled it out there just once today, so in perspective
we are actually going pretty good compute other years, so
no conditions are good for getting most of the seed
in the ground. You still got the odd pets that
you've got to work around and then they'll dry up.
But yeah, as a whole, we're going pretty.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Good grass cavers.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Then they're looking okay, Yeah, there's crazy and a pastorid
right now. Actually, so I think they would have buttoned back.
We might be envisaged for Combuna twenty one fifty maybe
average cover and kels are leading really good residuals at
the moment. So we've already done one left of topping
and we're the sellective of what we taught now because
(01:55):
you know, if the not warranting topping, you can burn
a lot of diesel. Just where said it today they
made a way of a seedhi the here for us
to top them now and near the kalls are cleaning
them up. Jolly good and milk flier Shinet that too.
The grass sort of fled owed, whereas last year we
started to fall off the grass pretty quickly from now
on and it's just yeady grass quality.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, it's an interesting how every season though, it's such
a variance and what you're going to get.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, it is. It is. You can do as many
budgets and be prepared for as much as you can,
but yeah, it's just on the day or on the week,
you've got to adapt to it. And you sort of
you know, they say have your things on the poulson
and you probably do to a degree. You do need
to know what kills are leaving behind and how much
speed's gone into the shed and the response, so you
don't want to leave too much in the pedicra to food.
(02:41):
So yeah, we've made a couple of calls in the
last ten days to pull them to the feeding back
to sort of match what they're leaving in the peddics.
So yeah, and it's good and it's it's good to
be farming again. As in you know, August September, September, October,
we weren't really farming. We were just reacting to what
we had to do. Now you can make those calls
and see the results and we're not getting made of
(03:03):
by stuck in paddicks and see it's enjoyable.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Like so the GDT result overnight. I've talked about this
with Darn Moore and Dave Frame just before. But you're
pretty much you're putting everything in perspective at the moment.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Here we are, you know, we're obviously open country supplies
and at their supplied meetings they were they were talking
about the increase of milk coming on tap and it's
just respective I think of what's happening. But like everything
out there in the ways to huge your bets, so
to speak. So we've got a bit bit of milk
with milk features locked in.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
It.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
We've got ten dollars so that there's no different depicting
the interest rates or you know, taking a contract on
the imported feeds. So you just look at your top
top maybe three expenses in your top income, which is
obviously milk. So yeah, we always heard your bets enough
to pay invoices and keep the bank happy, that's what
we do. And then we're about half a per cent
(03:58):
of their milk will usually heedge each year. So yeah,
it's just all part and parcel, and it's obviously four
or five year game, not just the one new game
during I.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Particularly enjoy the birds chirping in the background while you're
talking positive about the situation. It's a thing of beauty,
it is, and I don't know what happens to that.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I had a com yesterday. There's only about two bloody
chirping and there's a trick riding in the background, which
would have thought would cover that. But anyway, not as
a happy place.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Must be a good time at the hand of some fun.
This afternoon got to be.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I look forward to it.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
You want to touch on this as well, regarding fires
and the likes fire permit season, it's what we all know.
It's been happening over the past couple of months down
here in the south trees down everywhere, still branches and
the likes and just a message you want to share.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, so we we've actually had two different types of fires.
We had a trip to go and fire about two
weeks ago. And yeah, that was very close to a
dock block which we've order. So yep, yes, big thanks
to Kingswall. They got out and in a fashionably well
time and got that fire out so it didn't quite
get in the dark block. I mean, yeah, well, obviously
(05:05):
everybody's got a lot of tree trimmings and branches I've
got to be burnt, and some are a bit more
critical than others. So we've got a couple that were
burning right now and a young grass head that we're
trying to get in. So yet we've looked them up
and we're in a zone I think the zone seed
down here, so we were we need permits all the time,
and we light a fire, but it's just being aware
(05:25):
of what you're what you're doing, what you don't do
obviously today at the calm days, so yep, they're tick
the box and keeping the heads piles well away from
the head dire actually lighting was there's been two or
three incidents down here where there's the pole being burned
and then the winds got out and they've been you know,
team meters to the heads line that they've been pulled
from and the fire crew has been out to put
(05:47):
the head out, and it's just that it's almost just
a waste of their bloody time when they could be
saving something more critical. So it's just been mindful around
that and if you need to light it, light up.
If you don't need to light it, just like for
the weathers in the light situation and flying in the
right direction.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Regartting your tractor. Was it due to bird beasts?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
No, it wasn't. No, No, it'd have been dis thing
all day and then have our four in the afternoon.
The tractor stopped on poor old Killum and there must
have been electrical to stop the tractor and then yield.
In a couple of minutes there was a flame and
bear tractors being tractors, you know, but have always a
dre here and plastics they just slide up. So yeah,
he was pretty good. He rang me and then there
(06:28):
we got on the case and he helped the old
fires to roll out some hoses and get it out
because it's just the unknown of what ken heaven. It
could just be an m but that goes up a
bit high and jumps into the dog block and then yeah,
we're always reasonably renowned for the old peat fires, so
we didn't want to be one of those fellows. It's
not just what happens on the day. Read the cushions, Yeah, exactly,
they can they can last forever, and most of those
peat bogs they just continue underground and pop up, you know,
(06:50):
four hundred meters for a k away and took a
month of time, and he continue to burn. So hopefully
we stopped it out as quick as we did.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
So that's your version of the Great Tire Fire and Springfield, right.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, it was yet yet there was plenty of off
colored smoke and we didn't be any sausages and the
have time for that, but you know.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
That was good. And just finally as well, you want
to give a shout out to the IHC calf scheme.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yep, so he has getting picked up this afternoon, no doubt,
with along with probably hundreds of others themselfland So yeah,
they're going out to Lawnville. And you've also got Algambric
Friday and hospice going on in the same day, which
is a sole day to Myris, So I know the
calfs are last week week was pretty hot, and let's
make this run just as hot with you know, they're
all gifted calves and they all go to a good
(07:35):
course because between those three charities ideas say, everybody will
know someone that's been involved in them and it's a
it's a quick, easy way for you know, afters cockies,
to give back to those organizations that no doubt we'll
see in the near future.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Absolutely, Steve Hey, we'll leave you to it with some
toe tapping the checks and those little birdies chirping the
background as a thing of beauty.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
We will know a those things and coming, Steve.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Anderson of A you're listening to the muster before the
end of the hour. Nathan Nelson of Derry and zed
up next from Growing Future Farmers Wendy Paul
Who doesn't know what I'm talking about. Who's another left
home who's never struck? Now to Steve Henderson, Varroa joins
us this afternoon on the Muster. Good afternoon, Steve. The Checks.
They were once upon a time the Dixie Checks. But
everybody goes and changes their names like Andy's right, yeah,
(00:21):
all of but PC.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
They still were the Dixie Chicks.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Draft down here, still still good chains that.
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yeah, yep, there's toe tapping and.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
D are you seventy?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Sometimes I feel like it.
Speaker 1 (00:37):
Down there where you are. Anyway, how's it been.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Bob Blake, We've been pretty good. We've gotta we splash
right and like most other people on Sunday, and yeah,
we're we're probably we haven't had as in early December
or late November like this in a long time. It's
usually by extreme or the other. So yeah, we're still
fled out top and trying to limit the seed head
and we're still getting some pretty your growth rates at
(01:00):
the back of it. So yeah, we're pulled a few
bit of feed out of the shed and obviously no
someplement's gammable petits, So yeah, it's bitually making cheat milk,
which is good for a change.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
So you're actually coping pretty well down there, because depending
on who you speak to them, which you've a part
of Southland, it's a different scenario.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Heah, we are, well, it's all in perspective. We've only
pulled it out there just once today, so in perspective
we are actually going pretty good compute other years, so
no conditions are good for getting most of the seed
in the ground. You still got the odd pets that
you've got to work around and then they'll dry up.
But yeah, as a whole, we're going pretty.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Good grass cavers.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Then they're looking okay, Yeah, there's crazy and a pastorid
right now. Actually, so I think they would have buttoned back.
We might be envisaged for Combuna twenty one fifty maybe
average cover and kels are leading really good residuals at
the moment. So we've already done one left of topping
and we're the sellective of what we taught now because
(01:55):
you know, if the not warranting topping, you can burn
a lot of diesel. Just where said it today they
made a way of a seedhi the here for us
to top them now and near the kalls are cleaning
them up. Jolly good and milk flier Shinet that too.
The grass sort of fled owed, whereas last year we
started to fall off the grass pretty quickly from now
on and it's just yeady grass quality.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, it's an interesting how every season though, it's such
a variance and what you're going to get.
Speaker 2 (02:19):
Yeah, it is. It is. You can do as many
budgets and be prepared for as much as you can,
but yeah, it's just on the day or on the week,
you've got to adapt to it. And you sort of
you know, they say have your things on the poulson
and you probably do to a degree. You do need
to know what kills are leaving behind and how much
speed's gone into the shed and the response, so you
don't want to leave too much in the pedicra to food.
(02:41):
So yeah, we've made a couple of calls in the
last ten days to pull them to the feeding back
to sort of match what they're leaving in the peddics.
So yeah, and it's good and it's it's good to
be farming again. As in you know, August September, September, October,
we weren't really farming. We were just reacting to what
we had to do. Now you can make those calls
and see the results and we're not getting made of
(03:03):
by stuck in paddicks and see it's enjoyable.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Like so the GDT result overnight. I've talked about this
with Darn Moore and Dave Frame just before. But you're
pretty much you're putting everything in perspective at the moment.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Here we are, you know, we're obviously open country supplies
and at their supplied meetings they were they were talking
about the increase of milk coming on tap and it's
just respective I think of what's happening. But like everything
out there in the ways to huge your bets, so
to speak. So we've got a bit bit of milk
with milk features locked in.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
It.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
We've got ten dollars so that there's no different depicting
the interest rates or you know, taking a contract on
the imported feeds. So you just look at your top
top maybe three expenses in your top income, which is
obviously milk. So yeah, we always heard your bets enough
to pay invoices and keep the bank happy, that's what
we do. And then we're about half a per cent
(03:58):
of their milk will usually heedge each year. So yeah,
it's just all part and parcel, and it's obviously four
or five year game, not just the one new game
during I.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Particularly enjoy the birds chirping in the background while you're
talking positive about the situation. It's a thing of beauty,
it is, and I don't know what happens to that.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I had a com yesterday. There's only about two bloody
chirping and there's a trick riding in the background, which
would have thought would cover that. But anyway, not as
a happy place.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Must be a good time at the hand of some fun.
This afternoon got to be.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
I look forward to it.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
You want to touch on this as well, regarding fires
and the likes fire permit season, it's what we all know.
It's been happening over the past couple of months down
here in the south trees down everywhere, still branches and
the likes and just a message you want to share.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Yeah, so we we've actually had two different types of fires.
We had a trip to go and fire about two
weeks ago. And yeah, that was very close to a
dock block which we've order. So yep, yes, big thanks
to Kingswall. They got out and in a fashionably well
time and got that fire out so it didn't quite
get in the dark block. I mean, yeah, well, obviously
(05:05):
everybody's got a lot of tree trimmings and branches I've
got to be burnt, and some are a bit more
critical than others. So we've got a couple that were
burning right now and a young grass head that we're
trying to get in. So yet we've looked them up
and we're in a zone I think the zone seed
down here, so we were we need permits all the time,
and we light a fire, but it's just being aware
(05:25):
of what you're what you're doing, what you don't do
obviously today at the calm days, so yep, they're tick
the box and keeping the heads piles well away from
the head dire actually lighting was there's been two or
three incidents down here where there's the pole being burned
and then the winds got out and they've been you know,
team meters to the heads line that they've been pulled
from and the fire crew has been out to put
(05:47):
the head out, and it's just that it's almost just
a waste of their bloody time when they could be
saving something more critical. So it's just been mindful around
that and if you need to light it, light up.
If you don't need to light it, just like for
the weathers in the light situation and flying in the
right direction.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Regartting your tractor. Was it due to bird beasts?
Speaker 2 (06:07):
No, it wasn't. No, No, it'd have been dis thing
all day and then have our four in the afternoon.
The tractor stopped on poor old Killum and there must
have been electrical to stop the tractor and then yield.
In a couple of minutes there was a flame and
bear tractors being tractors, you know, but have always a
dre here and plastics they just slide up. So yeah,
he was pretty good. He rang me and then there
(06:28):
we got on the case and he helped the old
fires to roll out some hoses and get it out
because it's just the unknown of what ken heaven. It
could just be an m but that goes up a
bit high and jumps into the dog block and then yeah,
we're always reasonably renowned for the old peat fires, so
we didn't want to be one of those fellows. It's
not just what happens on the day. Read the cushions, Yeah, exactly,
they can they can last forever, and most of those
peat bogs they just continue underground and pop up, you know,
(06:50):
four hundred meters for a k away and took a
month of time, and he continue to burn. So hopefully
we stopped it out as quick as we did.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
So that's your version of the Great Tire Fire and Springfield, right.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Yeah, it was yet yet there was plenty of off
colored smoke and we didn't be any sausages and the
have time for that, but you know.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
That was good. And just finally as well, you want
to give a shout out to the IHC calf scheme.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
Yep, so he has getting picked up this afternoon, no doubt,
with along with probably hundreds of others themselfland So yeah,
they're going out to Lawnville. And you've also got Algambric
Friday and hospice going on in the same day, which
is a sole day to Myris, So I know the
calfs are last week week was pretty hot, and let's
make this run just as hot with you know, they're
all gifted calves and they all go to a good
(07:35):
course because between those three charities ideas say, everybody will
know someone that's been involved in them and it's a
it's a quick, easy way for you know, afters cockies,
to give back to those organizations that no doubt we'll
see in the near future.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Absolutely, Steve Hey, we'll leave you to it with some
toe tapping the checks and those little birdies chirping the
background as a thing of beauty.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
We will know a those things and coming, Steve.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Anderson of A you're listening to the muster before the
end of the hour. Nathan Nelson of Derry and zed
up next from Growing Future Farmers Wendy Paul
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